Resume:  Paul Spina
 
Contact:          Esther Trepal
                        646-831-1613
                        paulspinaART@gmail.com
 
Born: Brooklyn, New York, 1937
Died:  Cleveland, Ohio, 2017
 
Education
BFA Pratt Institute, 1960, New York City
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (scholarship), 1960, 1962
 
Fine Art
Gallery Representation/Shows 
New York, New York

• Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1959
• Corridor Gallery, 1970s
• 10 Downtown, 1970
• Jerry Joseph Gallery, 1970s
• Hinkley and Brohel Gallery, 1960s-70s
• Ken Hansen Gallery, 1970s-80s
• Asage Gallery, 1980s
• Fashion Institute of Technology, Faculty Show, 1997

Cleveland, Ohio

• The Art Gallery (Willoughby), 2016 to current; group shows 2017, 2018, 2019; retrospective October 2018
• ArtiCle (Waterloo), retrospective, September 2018
• Something Different, 2016 to current
• Lissauer Gallery, The Image as Poem: Works on Paper, September-November 2019

       Other

• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Annual Art Exhibition: 1966, 1968, 1969
• Eyes Gallery, Philadelphia, 1980s-1990s
• Taraba Illustration Art (2017 to present)
• Canton Museum of Art, POP/OP, December 2021-April 2022

 
Collections

• Museum of Modern Art – New York (https://www.moma.org/collection/works/64227?locale=en)
• MIT List Visual Art Center
• Society of Illustrators, New York
• Canton Museum of Art
• Washington University of St. Louis, Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
• Private Collections

 
Professional (New York City)

• General Illustrator, freelance (1960s-1990s).  Editorial and fine art drawings for commercial and literary magazines. Book cover art and illustration of books (both adult and juvenile).
  •  New York Magazine  (Design Director:  Milton Glaser) (https://books.google.com/books?id=_8jXFukv7HsC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=artist+paul+spina&source=bl&ots=5zborL0VvC&sig=Y23oZA-pYA8yYn4WXspun5X9hD8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7tpme39rQAhWGRSYKHVyFAPcQ6AEIUDAG#v=onepage&q=artist%20paul%20spina&f=false)
  • The New York Times
  • National Review
  • Cue
  • New Engineer
  • Science Digest
  • New York Sunday News
  • NY Daily News
  • Medical Directions
  • Essence
  • The Soho Weekly News
  • Liberation News Service
  • Doubleday
  • Harper and Row
• Author/illustrator of children’s books (Harper and Row) (1970s)
• Adjunct Faculty, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, General Illustration (1967-1970)
• Adjunct Faculty, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, General Illustration (1974 – 2010)

Awards
Citation for Merit for client The New York Times, Society of Illustrators, 1971
 
Articles
Paul Spina:  A Lifetime in Art, CAN Journal, 7 (3), Fall 2018 http://canjournal.org/2018/08/article-gallery-presents-paul-spina-a-lifetime-in-art/